The Black Informant | African American Commentary, News and Community Building

While Obama was having his “Cosby” moment with the NAACP recently, this is what was going on in the background.

“At almost the same time Obama was giving that speech to the NAACP, Russlynn Ali, the new head of the Office of Civil Rights at the Department of Education, gave an interview with Education Daily (subscription only, but you can see coverage here) in which she implicitly signaled that school districts had better make sure they have enough minority students in advanced courses, such as AP courses: ‘If students of color are prohibited from accessing those high standards and rigorous courses, there very well could be a Title VI violation, so we would have some investigating to do.’” (more from Pajamas Media)